Used Gibson Guitar Shop

Electric Guitars
Gibson is especially well known for their electric guitars, especially the Les Paul, the SG, the Flying V, the Explorer the ES-175 and the ES-335, among many others.

Acoustic Guitars
Gibson’s acoustic guitars are widely celebrated and used by many professional rock and country musicians.

Bass Guitars
Despite being such a revered six-string guitar manufacturer, Gibson has had much success from their line of bass models such the Thunderbird (based on the Firebird), the EB-0 and EB-3 (based on the SG), the Ripper, and the Grabber, both first manufactured in the 1970s.

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Gibson 335 guitar with case looks and plays great US $1,495.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Mar-10-2010 11:46:12 PST Add to watch list

AS-IS Gibson Maestro 6-String Full-Size Acoustic Guitar US $24.50 (4 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Mar-10-2010 13:43:38 PST Add to watch list

Vintage 1975 Gibson L6S Electric Guitar W/Hardshell $99 US $430.00 (12 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Mar-10-2010 13:51:19 PST Add to watch list

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In 1975, Gibson standardized the serial number system that is still in use today. An eight digit (or 9 digit after July 2005) number on the back shows the date on which the instrument was produced, where it was produced and its order of production that day (e.g. first instrument stamped that day, second, third, fourth etc). The serial numbers are deciphered using the following system:

YDDDYRRR

YY is the production year

DDD is the day of the year the guitar was stamped

RRR is the production order/plant designation number

Production order/plant designation numbers numbers are as follows:

001-499 Kalamazoo, Michigan(1975-1984)

500-999 Nashville, Tennessee (1975-1990)

001-299 Bozeman, Montana (after 1989)

300-999 Nashville, Tennessee (after 1990)

For example, the serial number 90992487 means that the instrument was produced on the 99th day of 1992 (Wednesday 8th April) in Nashville, TN and that it was the 187th instrument stamped that day.

In July 2005 Gibson introduced a 9 digit serial number system. The system is largely the same as the 8 digit system used before, however the 6th digit now represents the batch number. The first 5 and last 3 digits remain the same.

EPIPHONE ACE FREHELY LES PAUL RARE BLACKBURST US $800.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Mar-10-2010 12:10:46 PST Add to watch list

1966-1969 gibson guitar nut 1 9/16 original US $99.00 End Date: Wednesday Mar-10-2010 12:21:44 PST Add to watch list

1966-1969 gibson guitar nut 1 9/16 original US $99.00 End Date: Wednesday Mar-10-2010 12:21:46 PST Add to watch list

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Between 1974 and 1984 production of Gibson guitars was shifted from Kalamazoo to Nashville, Tennessee. In early 1986 the Gibson Guitar Corp. was bought by Henry E. Juszkiewicz, David H. Berryman and Gary A. Zebrowski. The survival and success of Gibson today is largely attributed to this change in ownership. Currently, Juszkiewicz stands as CEO and Berryman as president of the company. More recently new production plants have been opened in Southern and rural areas, such as Memphis, Tennessee as well as Bozeman, Montana. The Memphis facility is used for semi-hollow and custom shop instruments, while the Bozeman facility is dedicated to acoustic instruments.

Today, one model of Gibson guitars (”Robot Guitar”) can tune itself in about 10 seconds using robotic technology developed by Gibson and Tronical Gmbh. While the product was advertised in the American—United States—popular press as a “world’s first” similar—some external—systems have been in use for decades for example to tune guitars made by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation and Washburn Guitars.

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Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plain Top Electric Guitar US $389.00 End Date: Wednesday Mar-10-2010 12:24:09 PST Add to watch list

Book: The Gibson (English Version) Free shipping. US $85.00 End Date: Wednesday Mar-10-2010 12:30:15 PST Add to watch list

Greco 12 string Vintage 1960s sunburst G335 style US $250.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Mar-10-2010 12:50:42 PST Add to watch list

Vintage 1975 Gibson L6S Electric Guitar W/Hardshell $99 US $430.00 (12 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Mar-10-2010 13:51:19 PST Add to watch list

As a result of the strong sales of the Fender Telecaster in 1950 Gibson decided to make a solid-body guitar. This was despite the fact that Gibson, like most other guitar manufacturers, were contemptuous of the concept of a solid-body guitar. Although guitarist Les Paul was one of the pioneers of solid-body electric guitar technology, the guitar that became known as the Les Paul was developed with very little input from its namesake. After the guitar was designed, Les Paul was asked to sign a contract to endorse the guitar to be named after him. At that point he asked that the tail piece would be changed, and that was his only contribution. (Ironically, this tailpiece was changed in 1954.)[3] The Les Paul was released in 1952.

The late 1950s saw a number of innovative new designs including the eccentrically-shaped Gibson Explorer and Flying V and the semi-acoustic ES-335, and the introduction of the “humbucker” pickup. The Les Paul was offered in several models, including the Custom, the Standard, the Studio, the Supreme, the Special and the Junior. In 1961, the body design of the Les Paul was changed, due to the demand for a double-cutaway body design.[4] Les Paul did not care for the new body style and let his endorsement lapse, and the new body design then became known as the Gibson SG. The Les Paul returned to the Gibson catalogue in 1968 due to the influence of players such as Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Peter Green. Both the Les Paul and the SG later became very popular with hard rock and heavy metal guitarists; Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, the twin-lead line-up of Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson of Thin Lizzy, Duane Allman, Slash of Velvet Revolver and Ace Frehley of Kiss are known for their preference for a Les Paul. Pete Townshend of The Who, Angus Young of AC/DC, Frank Zappa of Mothers Of Invention and Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath are some of the more well-known SG players.

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Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plain Top Electric Guitar US $389.00 End Date: Wednesday Mar-10-2010 12:24:09 PST Add to watch list

Greco 12 string Vintage 1960s sunburst G335 style US $250.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Mar-10-2010 12:50:42 PST Add to watch list

Vintage Gibson/Epiphone Acoustic Guitar 6832 E US $365.00 (16 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Mar-10-2010 13:17:44 PST Add to watch list

Orville Gibson (born 1856, Chateaugay, New York) started making mandolins in Kalamazoo, Michigan USA. The mandolins were distinctive in that they featured a carved, arched solid wood top and back and bent wood sides. Prior to this mandolins had a flat solid wood top and a bowl-like back (similar to a lute) made of multiple strips of wood. These bowl-back mandolins were very fragile and unstable. Disdainful of the shape, Orville Gibson characterized them as “potato bugs.” Gibson’s innovation made a better-sounding mandolin that was immensely easier to manufacture. Orville Gibson’s mandolin design, with its single-pieced carved sides and a single-pieced neck, was patented in 1898; it would be the only innovation he patented.

In 1902, the Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co, Ltd. was founded to market the instruments.

During the 1920s the Gibson company was responsible for many innovations in guitar and mandolin design. In 1922, the Gibson F5 mandolin model was introduced. That particular model later became known as the ultimate bluegrass mandolin. Gibson soon became the leading manufacturer of arch-top guitars, particularly the Gibson L5 model. In 1936 they introduced their first “Electric Spanish” model, the ES-150, generally recognized as the first commercially successful electric guitar.

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Vintage Gibson/Epiphone Acoustic Guitar 6832 E US $365.00 (16 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Mar-10-2010 13:17:44 PST Add to watch list

AS-IS Gibson Maestro 6-String Full-Size Acoustic Guitar US $24.50 (4 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Mar-10-2010 13:43:38 PST Add to watch list

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